Mounting arrangement for a wall cabinet



A ril 1, 1969 s. o. RESSLER MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT FOR A WALL CABINET Sheet 1 of 2 Filed Aug. 17, 1967 ERHARD O. RESSLER Sheet 2 r 2 E. O. RESSLER MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT FOR A WALL CABINET INVENTOR.

April 1, 1969 Filed Aug. 17, 1967 ERHARD O. RESSLER 2 Altornevs nited States Patent US. Cl. 312-242 7 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A mounting arrangement for a wall cabinet which includes a plate mounted on a wall, the plate having upper and lower flanges, a frame in the cabinet having a flange which overlies the upper flange of the mounting plate to support the cabinet on the mounting plate, and clamp means on the frame engageable with the lower flange of the mounting plate to draw the cabinet against the wall.

This invention relates to wall-hung cabinets. More particularly this invention relates to mountings for wall-hung cabinets.

An object of this invention is to provide a simple, efficient, trouble-free mounting arrangement for a cabinet which is hung on a wall.

A further object of this invention is to provide such a mounting arrangement in which the cabinet is removably mounted on a plate attached to the wall.

Briefly, the invention provides a mounting arrangement which includes a plate mounted on a wall, the plate having a flange at an upper edge thereof which slopes upwardly and away from the wall and a flange at a lower edge thereof which slopes downwardly and away from the wall. A framework of the cabinet includes a mounting flange at an upper portion thereof which extends downwardly and toward the wall to overlie and cooperate with the upper flange of the mounting plate for hanging the cabinet on the mounting plate. An adjustable clamping bracket mounted at the lower portion of the framework has a flange engageable with the lower flange of the plate to clamp the framework to the plate.

The above and other objects and features of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention pertains from the followin detailed description and the drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a view in front elevation of a wall cabinet incorporating a mounting arrangement constructed in accordance with an embodiment of this invention, the cabinet being shown mounted on a fragmentary portion of a wall;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the cabinet shown in FIG 1;

FIG. 3 is a view in rear elevation of the cabinet shown in FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 4 is a view in front elevation of a mounting plate for the cabinet;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the mounting plate illustrated in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a view in side elevation of the mounting plate shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a view in front elevation of a frame assembly of the cabinet with clamping bracket mounted thereon;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the frame assembly shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a view in side elevation of the frame assembly shown in FIGS. 7 and 8;

FIG. 10 is a fargmentary view in front elevation on an enlarged scale of the frame assembly and mounting plate in assembled relation;

FIG. 11 is a fragmentary plan view on an enlarged scale of the frame assembly and mounting plate in assembled relation;

FIG. 12 is a view in section taken on the line 12-12 in FIG. 10, an outer shell being shown assembled with the framework and mounting plate, and an association with a wall, components mounted in the cabinet being omitted for clarity;

FIG. 13 is a view in section taken on the line 13-13 in FIG. 10;

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a clamping bracket forming a portion of the framework; and

FIG. 15 is a fragmentary view in section taken generally on the line 15-15 in FIG. 12.

In the following detailed description, and the drawing, like reference characters indicate like parts.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, inclusive, is shown a wall cabinet 20 which includes an outer shell or casing 22 and a framework 23 (FIG. 3) on which circuit boards 24 and other electrical components can be mounted. Details of the circuit boards and electrical components have been omitted for clarity. As shown in FIG. 12, the outer shell 22 includes a front or face panel 26 provided with an outwardly extending flange 28 defining a speaker cavity and a. continuous flange 29, which extends into engagement with a face 30 of a wall 31. Cylindrical rod-like bosses 32 (only two of them are shown) on the interior of the face panel 26 extend to the framework 32 and receive screw fasteners 32' which attach the framework 23 to the outer shell 22. The outer shell 22 can be molded of appropriate plastic material with the bosses 32 being formed integrally therewith.

Details of construction of the framework 23 are shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, inclusive. The framework 23 includes lengthwise angle shaped frames 33 and 34 and uprightgenerally angle-shaped frames 36 and 37. Tab flanges 41 and 42 at opposite ends of the frame 36 are welded to the lengthwise frames 33 and 34, respectively. Tab flanges 43 and 44 at opposite ends of the frame 37 are welded to the lengthwise frames 33 and 34, respectively. As shown in FIG. 7, the frames 33, 34, 36, 37 form a generally rectangular framework. A cross frame 45 spans the lengthwise frames intermediate ends thereof, tab flanges 46 and 47 at opposite ends of the cross frame 45 being welded to the lengthwise frames. Openings 48 are provided in the lengthwise frames 33 and 34 to receive the fasteners 32 (FIG. 12) by means of which the outer shell 22 is attached to the framework 23.

The cabinet is hung by means of an upper mounting formation or bracket 51 which includes flanges 52 and 53 (FIG. 12) which engage face to face with flanges of the upper lengthwise frame 33. The bracket 51 is attached to the upper lengthwise frame 33 by welding. In addition, the bracket 51 includes a horizontal flange 54 and a sloping flange 56 which slopes at an angle approximately degrees to the horizontal flange 54. As shown in FIG. 8, the sloping flange 56 is provided with a slot 58 intermediate ends thereof.

-The lower lengthwise frame 34 carries a lower clamping assembly 59. The assembly 59 includes a generally Z-shaped lower latch 61 which, as shown in FIG. 14, includes a body 62 and flanges 63 and 64 at opposite ends of the body which extend normally to the body. An opening 66 is provided in the body 62. The body of the lower latch 61 extends through a slot 67 (FIG. 10) in the angle brace 68 attached to the lower lengthwise frame 34 with the flange 63 of the lower latch 61 adjacent and engageable with the brace 68. The body 62 additionally extends through a slot 69 (FIG. 15) in the vertical flange 70 of the lower lengthwise frame 34. An adjustment bolt 72 extends upwardly through an opening 66 in the body of lower latch 61 and through an opening or slot 73 (FIG.

13) in the horizontal flange 74 of the lower lengthwise frame 34. A nut 76 (FIGS. and 12) receives the adjustment bolt 72. The nut 76 is supported in a nut anchor 76' anchored in the slot 73 (FIG. 13). Turning of the bolt 72 causes the flange 64 of the lower latch 61 to move up or down as indicated in FIG. 12. A head 76" on the bolt 72 engages the body 62 of the lower latch while the left hand end of the latch is anchored in the slot 67.

The cabinet is hung on a mounting plate 77. Details of the construction of the mounting plate 77 are shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, inclusive. The mounting plate 7 7 includes a body 78, an upper flange or lip 79 and a lower flange or lip 81, the flanges 79 and 81 intersecting the body 78 at obtuse angles of approximately 150 degrees. Openings 82 in the body 78 of the mounting plate 77 are provided to receive fasteners 83 (FIG. 12) for attaching the mounting plate 77 to the wall 31 with the body 78 thereof in flatwise engagement with the face of the wall. Other openings 84 and 86 are provided in the body 78 for receiving connection cables (not shown) which connect components in the cabinet with other components.

The upper flange 79 of the mounting plate 78 slopes at an angle to engage flatwise with the flange 56 of the bracket 51 as shown in FIG. 12. A tab portion 88 of the upper flange 79 is bent upwardly, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6. The tab portion 88 is received in the slot 58 (FIG. 8) of the bracket 51 to ensure proper centering of the framework 23 on the mounting plate 7 7.

When the cabinet is hung as shown in FIG. 12 with the sloping flange 56 of the bracket 51 overlying the upper flange 79 of the mounting plate 77 and with the tab portion 88 received in the slot 58, as shown in FIG. 11, the adjustment bolt 72 can be turned to cause the lower latch 61 to swing counterclockwise as shown in FIG. 12 causing the flange 64 of the lower latch 61 to engage the lower flange 81 of the mounting plate and draw the cabinet inwardly toward the wall 31 causing the edge of the flange 29 to engage the wall face 30 firmly. An access opening 91 '(FIG. 2) in the shell 22 permits insertion of a screwdriver or the like (not shown) for turning the adjustment bolt 72.

The wall cabinet construction illustrated in the drawings and described above is subject to structural modification without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having described by invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A wall cabinet which comprises a frame, a shell mounted on the frame, the shell having an edge portion engageable with a wall, a mounting plate adapted for mounting on the wall, the mounting plate including a pair of flanges, a flange on the frame adapted to overlie one of the flanges on the mounting plate to hang the cabinet on the mounting plate and clamp means including a latch member having an elongated body and a flange at one end of the body, the latch flange being engageable with the other flange of the mounting plate, means for anchoring the other end of the body, and bolt means engageable with the body intermediate the ends thereof to cause the latch to swing in a direction to cause the latch flange to 4 engage the other mounting plate flange for drawing the cabinet toward the wall and the shell into position for the edge thereof to engage the wall.

2. A cabinet as in claim 1 wherein the bolt means extends through an opening in the body of the latch and a head of the bolt means engages the body for causing swing-ing of the latch.

3. A cabinet as in claim 2 wherein the means for anchoring the other end of the body of the latch includes a flange mounted on the frame, there being a slot in said last mentioned flange receiving the other end of the body, and means for loosely holding the other end of the body in the slot.

4. Cabinet mounting structure comprising, a bracket for attachment to a vertical wall surface, said bracket having upper and lower lips acutely angled from said bracket away from the wall surface and cabinet means including upper, downwardly, and lower, upwardly, projecting flanges respectively engageable with surfaces of the upper and lower bracket lips facing toward said wall, and means for clamping one of said flanges against the lip which it engages whereby the cabinet means is firmly anchored, by a wedging action to the bracket and is simultaneously drawn toward the wall surface.

5. Cabinet mounting structure as in claim 4 wherein the cabinet means includes an inner frame carrying said flanges and an outer shell secured to said frame.

6. Cabinet mounting structure as in claim 4 wherein the lower flange is moveable to a position spacing the lower flange to clear the lower bracket lip after the upper flange has been hung on the up er bracket lip and the clamping means displace the lower flange into engagement with the lower lip.

7. Cabinet mounting structure as in claim 6 wherein the cabinet means includes an inner frame and an outer shell secured to said frame, said upper flange projects downwardly from an upper port-ion of said frame, and further including a latch member disposed at right angles to said wall surface, said lower flange projecting up wardly from the end of the latch member adjacent the wall and means for pivotally mounting the other end of the latch member on a lower portion of the frame and the clamping means comprise a screw engageable with the latch member intermediate its ends to swing the lower flange into engagement with the lower bracket lip, said shell having an opening registered with said screw for access thereto, and said bracket having at least one opening therethrough to bring electrical connections through said wall to elements mounted within said cabinet means.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,708,147 5/1955 Duggan et a1 312245 X 2,733,887 2/1956 Schmidt 248223 3,025, 122 3/1962 M-illman 3l2245 3,178,244 4/1965 Reiss et a1 312-257 3,337,172 8/1967 Jackson 3l2-245 X 3,362,768 1/ 1968 Pink et al. 312245 CASMIR A. NUNBERG, Primary Examiner.

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